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Yard signs, flags, murals, memorials, ribbons and graffiti silently speak volumes of what this city and region have faced, conveying the idea that life here doesn’t move on from grief but instead moves forward hand in hand with it and forever changed by it.
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Alicia Wallace, CNN Money, 24 Jan. 2026
Lavrenov spoke to curious kids and adults, many who shook his hand in appreciation of his grit.
—Joe Davidson, Sacbee.com, 23 Jan. 2026
Under Kennedy, policy making and saber rattling go hand in hand.
—Benjamin Mazer, The Atlantic, 23 Jan. 2026
By enabling and embracing balcony solar, Maryland can show that clean energy, climate action and economic progress go hand in hand.
—Calvin Ball, Baltimore Sun, 23 Jan. 2026
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Alicia Wallace, CNN Money, 24 Jan. 2026
Lavrenov spoke to curious kids and adults, many who shook his hand in appreciation of his grit.
—Joe Davidson, Sacbee.com, 23 Jan. 2026
Under Kennedy, policy making and saber rattling go hand in hand.
—Benjamin Mazer, The Atlantic, 23 Jan. 2026
By enabling and embracing balcony solar, Maryland can show that clean energy, climate action and economic progress go hand in hand.
—Calvin Ball, Baltimore Sun, 23 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hand in
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O’Hara was a double nominee in 2025, scoring anod best guest actress in a drama series for HBO’s The Last of Us along with her comedic turn in The Studio.—
Rick Porter,
HollywoodReporter,
30 Jan. 2026
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Once again, DeSoto has turned in a 5A figure.—
Charles Baggarly,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
30 Jan. 2026
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To send a letter to the editor about this article, submit online or check out our guidelines for how to submit by email or mail.—
Krista Kafer,
Denver Post,
25 Jan. 2026
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As part of her inquiry, Garnett ordered federal prosecutors to provide her with a copy of the affidavit submitted to obtain a federal search warrant in the matter.—
MICHAEL R. SISAK,
Arkansas Online,
24 Jan. 2026
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But as anyone knows who’s ever lost — or even voluntarily relinquished — a foundational piece of themselves, to understand loss is not the same as to accept it.—
David Ehrlich,
IndieWire,
23 Jan. 2026
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The president doubled down on his hostilities late Monday, criticizing Britain’s decision to relinquish control of the Chagos Islands, an Indian Ocean archipelago home to an Anglo-American military base.—
NBC news,
NBC news,
20 Jan. 2026
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Utley had to will himself to play through debilitating hip and knee issues.—
Jayson Stark,
New York Times,
15 Jan. 2026
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With three starters out, Luka Doncic tried to will the Lakers to a victory with a 38-point, 10-rebound, 10 assist triple-double.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
8 Jan. 2026
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South Korea has maintained a de facto moratorium on executions since 1997 and courts rarely hand down death sentences.—
Hyung-Jin Kim,
Los Angeles Times,
16 Jan. 2026
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Every family may hand down its share of struggles and traumas, but Dabis’s movie suggests that Palestinians living under the yoke of occupation must deal with an especially cruel and binding inheritance.—
Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
14 Jan. 2026
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Previously, this heat was dispensed into the atmosphere through evaporation cooling towers, but CERN's new plan is to put this waste heat to some use while improving the facilities environmental signature by way of what's called the Large Hadron Collider beauty (LHCb) experiment.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
30 Jan. 2026
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One out of two faucets were unable to dispense hot water at the bar’s ware washing sink.—
Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado
January 30,
Sacbee.com,
30 Jan. 2026
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“Hand in.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hand%20in. Accessed 1 Feb. 2026.
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